Astronauts have no choice but to recycle the water they use in space. Now the OrbSys Shower of the Future brings that concept down to Earth. This futuristic shower comes from Orbital Systems, a Swedish advanced technology company. Its CEO, Mehrdad Mahdjou

A small business in Nairobi that began as a party supply outfit has expanded to serve restaurants and supermarkets - moving more than a ton of ice a day, while their custom-made ice sculptures decorate State House events.

An organization providing medical assistance to Ebola-affected countries is expanding its operations to include other health needs. Direct Relief is taking the action as fewer new Ebola cases are reported.

On a Wednesday afternoon in College Park Maryland, the staff at the Piano Liquidation Center is busy as usual, fixing pianos. Leading them is owner Nick Margaritas, a 40-year veteran of the industry who is worried for its future.

As Ukrainian forces battle pro-Russian rebels, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany spoke by telephone to discuss a Franco-German plan to revive a shattered peace effort. The leaders are expected to meet in Minsk, Belarus Wednesday in hopes

The International Monetary Fund has announced a 330 million dollar financing package for the countries hardest hit by the Ebola epidemic. It includes 170 million dollars in debt relief. The economies of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have suffered over

The 9.0 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami claimed nearly 19,000 lives when it struck the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan four years ago. Scientists say that Hawaii may be just as vulnerable.

At the last checkpoint before the battle zone, Ukrainian troops keep a careful watch on who goes in, while families squeeze into cars to leave and busloads of children head out to relatives or shelters.

Sandy Roffman is not vaccinating her daughter, Brooklyn, but not by choice. We were told that she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Roffman said, which requires two years of very, very heavy chemotherapy

Skoltech will see its inaugural class of research students graduate this year, despite not yet having a campus. When it is completed in coming months, Skoltech hopes to be a beacon for creating global leaders in innovation and new technology.

Coming in at 2,000 pages, the 2016 federal budget is a fiscal road map for President Barack Obama’s remaining two years and beyond. Its aim: to bolster the U.S. recovery, keep America safe and invest in the middle class.

Many objects around us vibrate when hit by sound waves but the movements are invisible to the naked eye. For instance, a wine glass exposed to a loud noise…. . vibrates although it looks perfectly still.

Oil rig workers, known as roughnecks, face unemployment as oil prices fall, but the impact is greater in regions like Alaska and North Dakota, where production costs are higher than they are in the Eagle Ford shale area of south-central Texas.

For a while, the ambulances were arriving every few minutes early Sunday, carrying troops wounded in the nearby combat zone. Their comrades moved quickly to help them, and civilian medical personnel hurried to keep up.

On an early morning in the south of Turkana, community herders gather for security meetings. Armed conflict is nothing new in the area, but since Kenya found oil just 60 kilometers away, the conflict has worsened.

First, some good news: the federal deficit has fallen by more than 50 percent in recent years. America’s improved finances allow for a renewed focus on domestic needs that have gone unmet in recent years, according to President Obama.

Kilauea, one of the most active volcanos on Earth, has been erupting for more than 30 years. But lava from a vent near Pahoa that started bubbling up last June has been edging toward the town, outside the city of Hilo.

With an estimated 113 million domestic viewers, the Super Bowl is the biggest day in American advertising. Increasingly, it’s also one of the busiest days online, with social media exploding over ads that flopped or scored big.

Henry Kissinger, who served under U.S. President Richard Nixon in the 1970s, George Schultz, serving under Ronald Reagan in the 1980s and Madeleine Albright, appointed by Bill Clinton in the 1990s, testified before the Senate Armed Services committee on i

There are only a few surviving elderly women in South Korea who were forced into sex slavery during World War II. But the demonstrations in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul are attracting more young people, like 16-year-old Kwon Oh-ryung, who have b

As the Nigerian flag flapped in the wind at the country’s embassy in Washington, Nigerians living in the U.S. and other activists braved the cold to decry the recent attacks by the militant group Boko Haram.

The European Central Bank’s bold move was prompted by alarming figures showing 0.2 percent deflation in the Eurozone last quarter — raising the prospect that people would stop spending in the expectation that prices would fall.

Francois, a sloth bear, began his artistic career two years ago. He has a unique way to paint, using his breath. His keeper, Stacey Tabellario, said that although it might look odd, it's actually a very natural behavior.

The World Bank estimates Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone will lose more than $1.5 billion this year in economic growth due to Ebola. However, the economic effect on the West Africa region overall is now expected to be much lower than previous forecasts.

In the Mathare neighborhood of Nairobi, a group of former prisoners has exchanged a life of crime for a life of service. Every day, the ex-convicts take to the streets -- collecting trash and doing other odd jobs to give back to a community that receives

Somalia parliament members voiced strong opposition to the cabinet proposed by Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, and he withdrew his list of 60 appointees just hours before a confidence vote in the country’s top lawmaking body.

If King were alive today, they wonder, what would he say about the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson and of Eric Garner in New York City — both unarmed and killed in confrontations with police — and about the anger and demonstrations that have followed?

For days after the attack, Jews and non-Jews came to the eastern edge of Paris to pay their respects. My heart goes out to those who fell for liberty, for France, said homeaker Francoise. I’m a Christian, but all people are equal, all the same, and we sho

An experimental project is being conducted at a historic location on a hill overlooking Washington, D.C. The beautiful cottage built around 1842 in the Gothic Revival style was used as a summer retreat by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.

A rights group says ongoing testimony in Chad confirms that torture was widely used during the rule of Hissène Habré from 1982 to 1990. Twenty-one former security agents are on trial. So far, about 50 people have testified against them.